FORMER ALBERT PARK TIP AND BARRACKS SITE
Other Names
Former Albert Park Barracks and Tip Site; Former Albert Park Barracks , Former Defence Signals Directorate , HO446
Location
AUGHTIE DRIVE ALBERT PARK, PORT PHILLIP CITY
Level
Heritage Inventory Site
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The dumping of rubbish, both from factories and households has been detailed in historical accounts from the late 1800s to the 1930s at Albert Park. These were carried out to bring try and deal with the increasing issues surrounding waste disposal in the city. From this, a number of trenches were cut to approximately two meters in depth to dispose of, burn and then cover this waste. The materials recovered in this tip give insight into daily life in Melbourne, patterns of waste disposal. The dumping of rubbish in Albert Park was also important in the overall process of raising the level of the park, filling in areas of swamp land, and ultimately, beautifying the area for public recreation.
How is it significant?
The site is of local historical significance, as well as archaeological significance. From excavation undertaken in this archaeological program, the extent and depth of these works have been determined, as well as a range of artefacts recovered to better understand the site. The site has significance in its ability to understand early waste management of Melbourne, what was disposed of, diet, as well as day-today life in a growing city during the late 1800s to early 1900s.
Why is it significant?
The Former Albert Park Barracks and Tips site is of historic significance to the broader understanding of waste management and day-to-day life in Melbourne from the late 1800s to early 1900s. It is representative of the range of waste deposited at the site in both household and industrial circumstances. Excavations on site have determined that the historical records of how the waste was disposed of and burnt, and how this was remediated, including the types of waste deposited are all correct. The site is significant in its ability to further understand life in Melbourne during this period of growth.
SiteCard data copied on 23/12/2024:
What is significant?
The archaeological features, deposits and artefacts from the former Albert Park Tip site and former military barracks.
How is it significant?
The Albert Park Tip and Barracks archaeological site, H7822-2345, is considered historically significant as it contributes to the long history of waste disposal and management in inner Melbourne between the late 19th and early 20th century, particularly both household and industrial refuse (Dix 2024: 8; Nicholls 2002). More broadly, the tip site is of historical significance as it contributes to an understanding of the growth of Melbourne in the late 19th century (Dix 2024: 8).
Archaeologically, H7822-2345 is significant because of the high potential for the material culture excavated from the site to provide a wealth of information relating to: the workings of the tip, including the nature and extent of the refuse deposited; give an insight into daily life in Melbourne; the consumption and discard practices and patterns of the 19th and early 20th century residents and businesses in the South Melbourne and St Kilda area.
The site is also historically and archaeologically significant as it contains detailed primary archaeological information about the formation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting reserve.
Any remains of the military barracks structures, features or cesspits or refuse deposits would be of historical significance as they relate to Australia’s defence during World War II.
Why is it significant?
The site “has significance in its ability to understand early waste management of Melbourne, what was disposed of, diet, as well as day-today life in a growing city during the late 1800s to early 1900” (Dix 2024: 8; VHD 2024). It is also historically and archaeologically significant as one of two locations where contact-era lagoons and wetlands were highly modified and used for waste disposal by government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the other location being the West Melbourne Rubbish Tips site (H7822-0312). Comparison of the artefactual material and site formation processes from these two former wetland locations would be of scientific, archaeological and historical significance to the history of the city of Melbourne, its major land modification events, and early waste management practices.
The practice of draining wetland areas and then filling them with refuse deposits occurred in other areas around Melbourne, but the large area of the Albert Park Tip and the potentially well-preserved refuse deposits make it a significant archaeological site to inform on this type of major land modification practice. The landfill tip was important in the creation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting parkland as its purpose was to raise and in-filled the low, marshy ground and to cover the sandy dunes to enable the establishment of European-style landscaping and formal banks to the lake (Barnard and Keating 1996: 89-90).
The VHI site has heritage values associated with themes in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes, being theme 4.7 “Transforming the land and waterways”; theme 6.3 “Shaping the suburbs”; and theme 7.4 “Defending Victoria and Australia”. The military barracks and association with the Australian Defence Force is also mentioned as a heritage value in the citation for heritage overlay HO446.
SiteCard data copied on 23/12/2024:
What is significant?
The archaeological features, deposits and artefacts from the former Albert Park Tip site and former military barracks.
How is it significant?
The Albert Park Tip and Barracks archaeological site, H7822-2345, is considered historically significant as it contributes to the long history of waste disposal and management in inner Melbourne between the late 19th and early 20th century, particularly both household and industrial refuse (Dix 2024: 8; Nicholls 2002). More broadly, the tip site is of historical significance as it contributes to an understanding of the growth of Melbourne in the late 19th century (Dix 2024: 8).
Archaeologically, H7822-2345 is significant because of the high potential for the material culture excavated from the site to provide a wealth of information relating to: the workings of the tip, including the nature and extent of the refuse deposited; give an insight into daily life in Melbourne; the consumption and discard practices and patterns of the 19th and early 20th century residents and businesses in the South Melbourne and St Kilda area.
The site is also historically and archaeologically significant as it contains detailed primary archaeological information about the formation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting reserve.
Any remains of the military barracks structures, features or cesspits or refuse deposits would be of historical significance as they relate to Australia’s defence during World War II.
Why is it significant?
The site “has significance in its ability to understand early waste management of Melbourne, what was disposed of, diet, as well as day-today life in a growing city during the late 1800s to early 1900” (Dix 2024: 8; VHD 2024). It is also historically and archaeologically significant as one of two locations where contact-era lagoons and wetlands were highly modified and used for waste disposal by government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the other location being the West Melbourne Rubbish Tips site (H7822-0312). Comparison of the artefactual material and site formation processes from these two former wetland locations would be of scientific, archaeological and historical significance to the history of the city of Melbourne, its major land modification events, and early waste management practices.
The practice of draining wetland areas and then filling them with refuse deposits occurred in other areas around Melbourne, but the large area of the Albert Park Tip and the potentially well-preserved refuse deposits make it a significant archaeological site to inform on this type of major land modification practice. The landfill tip was important in the creation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting parkland as its purpose was to raise and in-filled the low, marshy ground and to cover the sandy dunes to enable the establishment of European-style landscaping and formal banks to the lake (Barnard and Keating 1996: 89-90).
The VHI site has heritage values associated with themes in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes, being theme 4.7 “Transforming the land and waterways”; theme 6.3 “Shaping the suburbs”; and theme 7.4 “Defending Victoria and Australia”. The military barracks and association with the Australian Defence Force is also mentioned as a heritage value in the citation for heritage overlay HO446.
SiteCard data copied on 23/12/2024:
What is significant?
The archaeological features, deposits and artefacts from the former Albert Park Tip site and former military barracks.
How is it significant?
The Albert Park Tip and Barracks archaeological site, H7822-2345, is considered historically significant as it contributes to the long history of waste disposal and management in inner Melbourne between the late 19th and early 20th century, particularly both household and industrial refuse (Dix 2024: 8; Nicholls 2002). More broadly, the tip site is of historical significance as it contributes to an understanding of the growth of Melbourne in the late 19th century (Dix 2024: 8).
Archaeologically, H7822-2345 is significant because of the high potential for the material culture excavated from the site to provide a wealth of information relating to: the workings of the tip, including the nature and extent of the refuse deposited; give an insight into daily life in Melbourne; the consumption and discard practices and patterns of the 19th and early 20th century residents and businesses in the South Melbourne and St Kilda area.
The site is also historically and archaeologically significant as it contains detailed primary archaeological information about the formation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting reserve.
Any remains of the military barracks structures, features or cesspits or refuse deposits would be of historical significance as they relate to Australia’s defence during World War II.
Why is it significant?
The site “has significance in its ability to understand early waste management of Melbourne, what was disposed of, diet, as well as day-today life in a growing city during the late 1800s to early 1900” (Dix 2024: 8; VHD 2024). It is also historically and archaeologically significant as one of two locations where contact-era lagoons and wetlands were highly modified and used for waste disposal by government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the other location being the West Melbourne Rubbish Tips site (H7822-0312). Comparison of the artefactual material and site formation processes from these two former wetland locations would be of scientific, archaeological and historical significance to the history of the city of Melbourne, its major land modification events, and early waste management practices.
The practice of draining wetland areas and then filling them with refuse deposits occurred in other areas around Melbourne, but the large area of the Albert Park Tip and the potentially well-preserved refuse deposits make it a significant archaeological site to inform on this type of major land modification practice. The landfill tip was important in the creation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting parkland as its purpose was to raise and in-filled the low, marshy ground and to cover the sandy dunes to enable the establishment of European-style landscaping and formal banks to the lake (Barnard and Keating 1996: 89-90).
The VHI site has heritage values associated with themes in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes, being theme 4.7 “Transforming the land and waterways”; theme 6.3 “Shaping the suburbs”; and theme 7.4 “Defending Victoria and Australia”. The military barracks and association with the Australian Defence Force is also mentioned as a heritage value in the citation for heritage overlay HO446.
SiteCard data copied on 23/12/2024:
What is significant?
The archaeological features, deposits and artefacts from the former Albert Park Tip site and former military barracks.
How is it significant?
The Albert Park Tip and Barracks archaeological site, H7822-2345, is considered historically significant as it contributes to the long history of waste disposal and management in inner Melbourne between the late 19th and early 20th century, particularly both household and industrial refuse (Dix 2024: 8; Nicholls 2002). More broadly, the tip site is of historical significance as it contributes to an understanding of the growth of Melbourne in the late 19th century (Dix 2024: 8).
Archaeologically, H7822-2345 is significant because of the high potential for the material culture excavated from the site to provide a wealth of information relating to: the workings of the tip, including the nature and extent of the refuse deposited; give an insight into daily life in Melbourne; the consumption and discard practices and patterns of the 19th and early 20th century residents and businesses in the South Melbourne and St Kilda area.
The site is also historically and archaeologically significant as it contains detailed primary archaeological information about the formation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting reserve.
Any remains of the military barracks structures, features or cesspits or refuse deposits would be of historical significance as they relate to Australia’s defence during World War II.
Why is it significant?
The site “has significance in its ability to understand early waste management of Melbourne, what was disposed of, diet, as well as day-today life in a growing city during the late 1800s to early 1900” (Dix 2024: 8; VHD 2024). It is also historically and archaeologically significant as one of two locations where contact-era lagoons and wetlands were highly modified and used for waste disposal by government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the other location being the West Melbourne Rubbish Tips site (H7822-0312). Comparison of the artefactual material and site formation processes from these two former wetland locations would be of scientific, archaeological and historical significance to the history of the city of Melbourne, its major land modification events, and early waste management practices.
The practice of draining wetland areas and then filling them with refuse deposits occurred in other areas around Melbourne, but the large area of the Albert Park Tip and the potentially well-preserved refuse deposits make it a significant archaeological site to inform on this type of major land modification practice. The landfill tip was important in the creation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting parkland as its purpose was to raise and in-filled the low, marshy ground and to cover the sandy dunes to enable the establishment of European-style landscaping and formal banks to the lake (Barnard and Keating 1996: 89-90).
The VHI site has heritage values associated with themes in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes, being theme 4.7 “Transforming the land and waterways”; theme 6.3 “Shaping the suburbs”; and theme 7.4 “Defending Victoria and Australia”. The military barracks and association with the Australian Defence Force is also mentioned as a heritage value in the citation for heritage overlay HO446.
SiteCard data copied on 23/12/2024:
What is significant?
The archaeological features, deposits and artefacts from the former Albert Park Tip site and former military barracks.
How is it significant?
The Albert Park Tip and Barracks archaeological site, H7822-2345, is considered historically significant as it contributes to the long history of waste disposal and management in inner Melbourne between the late 19th and early 20th century, particularly both household and industrial refuse (Dix 2024: 8; Nicholls 2002). More broadly, the tip site is of historical significance as it contributes to an understanding of the growth of Melbourne in the late 19th century (Dix 2024: 8).
Archaeologically, H7822-2345 is significant because of the high potential for the material culture excavated from the site to provide a wealth of information relating to: the workings of the tip, including the nature and extent of the refuse deposited; give an insight into daily life in Melbourne; the consumption and discard practices and patterns of the 19th and early 20th century residents and businesses in the South Melbourne and St Kilda area.
The site is also historically and archaeologically significant as it contains detailed primary archaeological information about the formation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting reserve.
Any remains of the military barracks structures, features or cesspits or refuse deposits would be of historical significance as they relate to Australia’s defence during World War II.
Why is it significant?
The site “has significance in its ability to understand early waste management of Melbourne, what was disposed of, diet, as well as day-today life in a growing city during the late 1800s to early 1900” (Dix 2024: 8; VHD 2024). It is also historically and archaeologically significant as one of two locations where contact-era lagoons and wetlands were highly modified and used for waste disposal by government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the other location being the West Melbourne Rubbish Tips site (H7822-0312). Comparison of the artefactual material and site formation processes from these two former wetland locations would be of scientific, archaeological and historical significance to the history of the city of Melbourne, its major land modification events, and early waste management practices.
The practice of draining wetland areas and then filling them with refuse deposits occurred in other areas around Melbourne, but the large area of the Albert Park Tip and the potentially well-preserved refuse deposits make it a significant archaeological site to inform on this type of major land modification practice. The landfill tip was important in the creation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting parkland as its purpose was to raise and in-filled the low, marshy ground and to cover the sandy dunes to enable the establishment of European-style landscaping and formal banks to the lake (Barnard and Keating 1996: 89-90).
The VHI site has heritage values associated with themes in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes, being theme 4.7 “Transforming the land and waterways”; theme 6.3 “Shaping the suburbs”; and theme 7.4 “Defending Victoria and Australia”. The military barracks and association with the Australian Defence Force is also mentioned as a heritage value in the citation for heritage overlay HO446.
SiteCard data copied on 23/12/2024:
What is significant?
The archaeological features, deposits and artefacts from the former Albert Park Tip site and former military barracks.
How is it significant?
The Albert Park Tip and Barracks archaeological site, H7822-2345, is considered historically significant as it contributes to the long history of waste disposal and management in inner Melbourne between the late 19th and early 20th century, particularly both household and industrial refuse (Dix 2024: 8; Nicholls 2002). More broadly, the tip site is of historical significance as it contributes to an understanding of the growth of Melbourne in the late 19th century (Dix 2024: 8).
Archaeologically, H7822-2345 is significant because of the high potential for the material culture excavated from the site to provide a wealth of information relating to: the workings of the tip, including the nature and extent of the refuse deposited; give an insight into daily life in Melbourne; the consumption and discard practices and patterns of the 19th and early 20th century residents and businesses in the South Melbourne and St Kilda area.
The site is also historically and archaeologically significant as it contains detailed primary archaeological information about the formation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting reserve.
Any remains of the military barracks structures, features or cesspits or refuse deposits would be of historical significance as they relate to Australia’s defence during World War II.
Why is it significant?
The site “has significance in its ability to understand early waste management of Melbourne, what was disposed of, diet, as well as day-today life in a growing city during the late 1800s to early 1900” (Dix 2024: 8; VHD 2024). It is also historically and archaeologically significant as one of two locations where contact-era lagoons and wetlands were highly modified and used for waste disposal by government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the other location being the West Melbourne Rubbish Tips site (H7822-0312). Comparison of the artefactual material and site formation processes from these two former wetland locations would be of scientific, archaeological and historical significance to the history of the city of Melbourne, its major land modification events, and early waste management practices.
The practice of draining wetland areas and then filling them with refuse deposits occurred in other areas around Melbourne, but the large area of the Albert Park Tip and the potentially well-preserved refuse deposits make it a significant archaeological site to inform on this type of major land modification practice. The landfill tip was important in the creation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting parkland as its purpose was to raise and in-filled the low, marshy ground and to cover the sandy dunes to enable the establishment of European-style landscaping and formal banks to the lake (Barnard and Keating 1996: 89-90).
The VHI site has heritage values associated with themes in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes, being theme 4.7 “Transforming the land and waterways”; theme 6.3 “Shaping the suburbs”; and theme 7.4 “Defending Victoria and Australia”. The military barracks and association with the Australian Defence Force is also mentioned as a heritage value in the citation for heritage overlay HO446.
SiteCard data copied on 23/12/2024:
What is significant?
The archaeological features, deposits and artefacts from the former Albert Park Tip site and former military barracks.
How is it significant?
The Albert Park Tip and Barracks archaeological site, H7822-2345, is considered historically significant as it contributes to the long history of waste disposal and management in inner Melbourne between the late 19th and early 20th century, particularly both household and industrial refuse (Dix 2024: 8; Nicholls 2002). More broadly, the tip site is of historical significance as it contributes to an understanding of the growth of Melbourne in the late 19th century (Dix 2024: 8).
Archaeologically, H7822-2345 is significant because of the high potential for the material culture excavated from the site to provide a wealth of information relating to: the workings of the tip, including the nature and extent of the refuse deposited; give an insight into daily life in Melbourne; the consumption and discard practices and patterns of the 19th and early 20th century residents and businesses in the South Melbourne and St Kilda area.
The site is also historically and archaeologically significant as it contains detailed primary archaeological information about the formation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting reserve.
Any remains of the military barracks structures, features or cesspits or refuse deposits would be of historical significance as they relate to Australia’s defence during World War II.
Why is it significant?
The site “has significance in its ability to understand early waste management of Melbourne, what was disposed of, diet, as well as day-today life in a growing city during the late 1800s to early 1900” (Dix 2024: 8; VHD 2024). It is also historically and archaeologically significant as one of two locations where contact-era lagoons and wetlands were highly modified and used for waste disposal by government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the other location being the West Melbourne Rubbish Tips site (H7822-0312). Comparison of the artefactual material and site formation processes from these two former wetland locations would be of scientific, archaeological and historical significance to the history of the city of Melbourne, its major land modification events, and early waste management practices.
The practice of draining wetland areas and then filling them with refuse deposits occurred in other areas around Melbourne, but the large area of the Albert Park Tip and the potentially well-preserved refuse deposits make it a significant archaeological site to inform on this type of major land modification practice. The landfill tip was important in the creation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting parkland as its purpose was to raise and in-filled the low, marshy ground and to cover the sandy dunes to enable the establishment of European-style landscaping and formal banks to the lake (Barnard and Keating 1996: 89-90).
The VHI site has heritage values associated with themes in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes, being theme 4.7 “Transforming the land and waterways”; theme 6.3 “Shaping the suburbs”; and theme 7.4 “Defending Victoria and Australia”. The military barracks and association with the Australian Defence Force is also mentioned as a heritage value in the citation for heritage overlay HO446.
SiteCard data copied on 23/12/2024:
What is significant?
The archaeological features, deposits and artefacts from the former Albert Park Tip site and former military barracks.
How is it significant?
The Albert Park Tip and Barracks archaeological site, H7822-2345, is considered historically significant as it contributes to the long history of waste disposal and management in inner Melbourne between the late 19th and early 20th century, particularly both household and industrial refuse (Dix 2024: 8; Nicholls 2002). More broadly, the tip site is of historical significance as it contributes to an understanding of the growth of Melbourne in the late 19th century (Dix 2024: 8).
Archaeologically, H7822-2345 is significant because of the high potential for the material culture excavated from the site to provide a wealth of information relating to: the workings of the tip, including the nature and extent of the refuse deposited; give an insight into daily life in Melbourne; the consumption and discard practices and patterns of the 19th and early 20th century residents and businesses in the South Melbourne and St Kilda area.
The site is also historically and archaeologically significant as it contains detailed primary archaeological information about the formation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting reserve.
Any remains of the military barracks structures, features or cesspits or refuse deposits would be of historical significance as they relate to Australia’s defence during World War II.
Why is it significant?
The site “has significance in its ability to understand early waste management of Melbourne, what was disposed of, diet, as well as day-today life in a growing city during the late 1800s to early 1900” (Dix 2024: 8; VHD 2024). It is also historically and archaeologically significant as one of two locations where contact-era lagoons and wetlands were highly modified and used for waste disposal by government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the other location being the West Melbourne Rubbish Tips site (H7822-0312). Comparison of the artefactual material and site formation processes from these two former wetland locations would be of scientific, archaeological and historical significance to the history of the city of Melbourne, its major land modification events, and early waste management practices.
The practice of draining wetland areas and then filling them with refuse deposits occurred in other areas around Melbourne, but the large area of the Albert Park Tip and the potentially well-preserved refuse deposits make it a significant archaeological site to inform on this type of major land modification practice. The landfill tip was important in the creation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting parkland as its purpose was to raise and in-filled the low, marshy ground and to cover the sandy dunes to enable the establishment of European-style landscaping and formal banks to the lake (Barnard and Keating 1996: 89-90).
The VHI site has heritage values associated with themes in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes, being theme 4.7 “Transforming the land and waterways”; theme 6.3 “Shaping the suburbs”; and theme 7.4 “Defending Victoria and Australia”. The military barracks and association with the Australian Defence Force is also mentioned as a heritage value in the citation for heritage overlay HO446.
SiteCard data copied on 23/12/2024:
What is significant?
The archaeological features, deposits and artefacts from the former Albert Park Tip site and former military barracks.
How is it significant?
The Albert Park Tip and Barracks archaeological site, H7822-2345, is considered historically significant as it contributes to the long history of waste disposal and management in inner Melbourne between the late 19th and early 20th century, particularly both household and industrial refuse (Dix 2024: 8; Nicholls 2002). More broadly, the tip site is of historical significance as it contributes to an understanding of the growth of Melbourne in the late 19th century (Dix 2024: 8).
Archaeologically, H7822-2345 is significant because of the high potential for the material culture excavated from the site to provide a wealth of information relating to: the workings of the tip, including the nature and extent of the refuse deposited; give an insight into daily life in Melbourne; the consumption and discard practices and patterns of the 19th and early 20th century residents and businesses in the South Melbourne and St Kilda area.
The site is also historically and archaeologically significant as it contains detailed primary archaeological information about the formation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting reserve.
Any remains of the military barracks structures, features or cesspits or refuse deposits would be of historical significance as they relate to Australia’s defence during World War II.
Why is it significant?
The site “has significance in its ability to understand early waste management of Melbourne, what was disposed of, diet, as well as day-today life in a growing city during the late 1800s to early 1900” (Dix 2024: 8; VHD 2024). It is also historically and archaeologically significant as one of two locations where contact-era lagoons and wetlands were highly modified and used for waste disposal by government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the other location being the West Melbourne Rubbish Tips site (H7822-0312). Comparison of the artefactual material and site formation processes from these two former wetland locations would be of scientific, archaeological and historical significance to the history of the city of Melbourne, its major land modification events, and early waste management practices.
The practice of draining wetland areas and then filling them with refuse deposits occurred in other areas around Melbourne, but the large area of the Albert Park Tip and the potentially well-preserved refuse deposits make it a significant archaeological site to inform on this type of major land modification practice. The landfill tip was important in the creation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting parkland as its purpose was to raise and in-filled the low, marshy ground and to cover the sandy dunes to enable the establishment of European-style landscaping and formal banks to the lake (Barnard and Keating 1996: 89-90).
The VHI site has heritage values associated with themes in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes, being theme 4.7 “Transforming the land and waterways”; theme 6.3 “Shaping the suburbs”; and theme 7.4 “Defending Victoria and Australia”. The military barracks and association with the Australian Defence Force is also mentioned as a heritage value in the citation for heritage overlay HO446.
SiteCard data copied on 23/12/2024:
What is significant?
The archaeological features, deposits and artefacts from the former Albert Park Tip site and former military barracks.
How is it significant?
The Albert Park Tip and Barracks archaeological site, H7822-2345, is considered historically significant as it contributes to the long history of waste disposal and management in inner Melbourne between the late 19th and early 20th century, particularly both household and industrial refuse (Dix 2024: 8; Nicholls 2002). More broadly, the tip site is of historical significance as it contributes to an understanding of the growth of Melbourne in the late 19th century (Dix 2024: 8).
Archaeologically, H7822-2345 is significant because of the high potential for the material culture excavated from the site to provide a wealth of information relating to: the workings of the tip, including the nature and extent of the refuse deposited; give an insight into daily life in Melbourne; the consumption and discard practices and patterns of the 19th and early 20th century residents and businesses in the South Melbourne and St Kilda area.
The site is also historically and archaeologically significant as it contains detailed primary archaeological information about the formation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting reserve.
Any remains of the military barracks structures, features or cesspits or refuse deposits would be of historical significance as they relate to Australia’s defence during World War II.
Why is it significant?
The site “has significance in its ability to understand early waste management of Melbourne, what was disposed of, diet, as well as day-today life in a growing city during the late 1800s to early 1900” (Dix 2024: 8; VHD 2024). It is also historically and archaeologically significant as one of two locations where contact-era lagoons and wetlands were highly modified and used for waste disposal by government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the other location being the West Melbourne Rubbish Tips site (H7822-0312). Comparison of the artefactual material and site formation processes from these two former wetland locations would be of scientific, archaeological and historical significance to the history of the city of Melbourne, its major land modification events, and early waste management practices.
The practice of draining wetland areas and then filling them with refuse deposits occurred in other areas around Melbourne, but the large area of the Albert Park Tip and the potentially well-preserved refuse deposits make it a significant archaeological site to inform on this type of major land modification practice. The landfill tip was important in the creation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting parkland as its purpose was to raise and in-filled the low, marshy ground and to cover the sandy dunes to enable the establishment of European-style landscaping and formal banks to the lake (Barnard and Keating 1996: 89-90).
The VHI site has heritage values associated with themes in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes, being theme 4.7 “Transforming the land and waterways”; theme 6.3 “Shaping the suburbs”; and theme 7.4 “Defending Victoria and Australia”. The military barracks and association with the Australian Defence Force is also mentioned as a heritage value in the citation for heritage overlay HO446.
SiteCard data copied on 24/12/2024:
What is significant?
The archaeological features, deposits and artefacts from the former Albert Park Tip site and former military barracks.
How is it significant?
The Albert Park Tip and Barracks archaeological site, H7822-2345, is considered historically significant as it contributes to the long history of waste disposal and management in inner Melbourne between the late 19th and early 20th century, particularly both household and industrial refuse (Dix 2024: 8; Nicholls 2002). More broadly, the tip site is of historical significance as it contributes to an understanding of the growth of Melbourne in the late 19th century (Dix 2024: 8).
Archaeologically, H7822-2345 is significant because of the high potential for the material culture excavated from the site to provide a wealth of information relating to: the workings of the tip, including the nature and extent of the refuse deposited; give an insight into daily life in Melbourne; the consumption and discard practices and patterns of the 19th and early 20th century residents and businesses in the South Melbourne and St Kilda area.
The site is also historically and archaeologically significant as it contains detailed primary archaeological information about the formation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting reserve.
Any remains of the military barracks structures, features or cesspits or refuse deposits would be of historical significance as they relate to Australia’s defence during World War II.
Why is it significant?
The site “has significance in its ability to understand early waste management of Melbourne, what was disposed of, diet, as well as day-today life in a growing city during the late 1800s to early 1900” (Dix 2024: 8; VHD 2024). It is also historically and archaeologically significant as one of two locations where contact-era lagoons and wetlands were highly modified and used for waste disposal by government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the other location being the West Melbourne Rubbish Tips site (H7822-0312). Comparison of the artefactual material and site formation processes from these two former wetland locations would be of scientific, archaeological and historical significance to the history of the city of Melbourne, its major land modification events, and early waste management practices.
The practice of draining wetland areas and then filling them with refuse deposits occurred in other areas around Melbourne, but the large area of the Albert Park Tip and the potentially well-preserved refuse deposits make it a significant archaeological site to inform on this type of major land modification practice. The landfill tip was important in the creation of Albert Park as a recreational and sporting parkland as its purpose was to raise and in-filled the low, marshy ground and to cover the sandy dunes to enable the establishment of European-style landscaping and formal banks to the lake (Barnard and Keating 1996: 89-90).
The VHI site has heritage values associated with themes in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes, being theme 4.7 “Transforming the land and waterways”; theme 6.3 “Shaping the suburbs”; and theme 7.4 “Defending Victoria and Australia”. The military barracks and association with the Australian Defence Force is also mentioned as a heritage value in the citation for heritage overlay HO446.
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Military
Category
Barracks & housing
